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, we need to keep those middle class tax cuts, that piece of the bush tax package, in place, because the economy isn't strong enough at the end of this year to take them all out of circulation. but the stimulus argument is not, in fact, what conservatives are saying right now. what they're saying is they'll pay for themselves. it's just the right thing to do. and never mind the fact that disproportionately, in terms of the cash, that millionaires and billionaires are the ones that benefit. it's a weird piece of philosophy, because he's arguing for something now, but he's not in line with the conservative ideology of his own party. >> here's more words of wisdom on economic policy. >> the pie grows, the debt relative to the pie shrinks, and with fiscal discipline, you can better solve your current account deficits and your entitlements. >> we're getting a good lecture on deficits, aren't we? >> yeah, here's a guy who again in 2000, he said he wanted to make the pie higher for everyone. i'm not still sure what he meant by that. but, you know, growth is an interesting argument. growth w
, we need to keep those middle class tax cuts, that piece of the bush tax package, in place, because the economy isn't strong enough at the end of this year to take them all out of circulation. but the stimulus argument is not, in fact, what conservatives are saying right now. what they're saying is they'll pay for themselves. it's just the right thing to do. and never mind the fact that disproportionately, in terms of the cash, that millionaires and billionaires are the ones that benefit. it's...
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there wasn't a dime of benefits that were cut for seniors from basic medicare by obama care. actually, obama care did a lot for seniors. particularly closing what's called the doughnut hole, which is a quirk in the old law, preobama care law that required seniors to out of pocket pay hundreds of dollars a year for prescription drugs. also under the previous law, had to pay for screening and preventive care that would save them a lot of money. if obama care is repealed, just to finish this, because the details are extremely important and they're not well understood. if obama care is repealed, the doughnut hole will open again, seniors will have to pay hundreds of dollars out of pocket for prescription drugs, they will no longer be covered for these preventive care procedures, and it will, as those economists and health care experts said in the "new york times," it will cost seniors. what you have is one party that is saying things that are untrue about the president, putting millions of dollars from super pacs in the romney campaign behind it. and we'll see if seniors can be f
there wasn't a dime of benefits that were cut for seniors from basic medicare by obama care. actually, obama care did a lot for seniors. particularly closing what's called the doughnut hole, which is a quirk in the old law, preobama care law that required seniors to out of pocket pay hundreds of dollars a year for prescription drugs. also under the previous law, had to pay for screening and preventive care that would save them a lot of money. if obama care is repealed, just to finish this,...
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obama care, privatizing amtrak, and cutting arts funding and ending subsidies. whatever you think of the programs, repealing obama care increases the deficit, but when romney gets kind of serious, even though he's still kind of vague, the big categories he identifies for cuts, and i'm quoting from his speech in detroit, are medicaid and food stamps, housing subsidies and training. you turn medicare into a voucher program in the future, spend more on defense now, and cut the hell out of programs for the poor to pay for it. they need to do this in part because they simply refuse to raise taxes. if you believe their pledges and their budge, they would prefer to cut health care for the poor than raise taxes on the rich by a penny. that's their budget, what their numbers say, and that should be the conversation we're having. at least it should be part of it. joining me now to have that conversation is jared bernstein, economist adviser to joe biden. now a senior fellow at the center on budget policies and an msnbc contributor. it's good to see you. >> thank you. nice
obama care, privatizing amtrak, and cutting arts funding and ending subsidies. whatever you think of the programs, repealing obama care increases the deficit, but when romney gets kind of serious, even though he's still kind of vague, the big categories he identifies for cuts, and i'm quoting from his speech in detroit, are medicaid and food stamps, housing subsidies and training. you turn medicare into a voucher program in the future, spend more on defense now, and cut the hell out of programs...
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the obama team has put the budget in front of him. he knows what the cuts are. for him to go in front of the american public and be disingenuous about he doesn't know what the specifics are is a flat-out lie. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, who is john boehner fooling? text a., for no one, b. for himself to 622639. always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you the results later on in the show. joining me now, richard wolffe, not a card player, but msnbc political analyst and vice president, executive editor of msnbc.com. i thought it was an academy award performance by boehner today. >> pretty good, huh? >> he knows what the numbers are, don't you think? >> he knows what the numbers are and what the other side is holding here. he has to pretend like he fought for something. he has no leverage. tom cole isn't just a guy from oklahoma. he led the republican conference. that's the ideological core, those are the sort of torch holders for the whole movement. and so when tom cole says, we got to go with what we've
the obama team has put the budget in front of him. he knows what the cuts are. for him to go in front of the american public and be disingenuous about he doesn't know what the specifics are is a flat-out lie. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, who is john boehner fooling? text a., for no one, b. for himself to 622639. always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you the results later on in the show. joining me now, richard wolffe, not a card...
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$10 in cuts, obama has been sincere, even to the point of frustration for some people, that he wants to make a deal. >> tim ryan, good to have you with us. thanks for coming in. appreciate it. answer to tonight's question down at the bottom of the screen, share your thoughts on twitter @edshow. >>> and of course, romney defends jpmorgan and says no new laws or regulations are needed. really, dude? senator bernie sanders has got something to say about that and we'll give him plenty of time to do it. president obama comes out in support of marriage equality. and now some african-american leaders in the community are at odds with his position. michael eric dyson and sophia nelson will join me for that debate on that issue later in the show. you won't want to miss it. stay tuned. what happens when classroom teachers get the training... ...and support they need? schools flourish and students blossom. that's why programs like... ...the mickelson exxonmobil teachers academy... ...and astronaut sally ride's science academy are helping our educators improve student success in math and science
$10 in cuts, obama has been sincere, even to the point of frustration for some people, that he wants to make a deal. >> tim ryan, good to have you with us. thanks for coming in. appreciate it. answer to tonight's question down at the bottom of the screen, share your thoughts on twitter @edshow. >>> and of course, romney defends jpmorgan and says no new laws or regulations are needed. really, dude? senator bernie sanders has got something to say about that and we'll give him...
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every paycheck, now when you need it, obama has cut $716 billion from medicare. why? to pay for obama care. >> the ryan plan expressed his confidence about the lie when he was interviewed on fox news today. >> you and governor romney think that medicare, which has been a very difficult issue for republicans for a very long time, and polls suggest that people almost automatically think republicans are hostile to medicare, can be a winning issue for you. how? >> absolutely. because we're the ones who are offering a plan to save medicare. >> really? paul ryan has a good reason to believe he can win based on this lie. the gop already tested the big medicare lie in a special congressional election. last year in nevada, republican mark amodei was neck and neck with kate marshall. they wanted to protect him from medicare attacks by going after obama care with the big lie. they saw big time results, according to a video released by the nrcc. >> on the issue of medicare, which candidate would better protect seniors on medicare. remember, we started down on this 39-26, which wa
every paycheck, now when you need it, obama has cut $716 billion from medicare. why? to pay for obama care. >> the ryan plan expressed his confidence about the lie when he was interviewed on fox news today. >> you and governor romney think that medicare, which has been a very difficult issue for republicans for a very long time, and polls suggest that people almost automatically think republicans are hostile to medicare, can be a winning issue for you. how? >> absolutely....
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hostage until we extend tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. >> that was president obama explaining what is at stake for the middle class. republicans claim they are concerned about the middle class. this week, they have a golden opportunity to provide stability and eliminate uncertainty for them. house republicans could approve senate legislation passed last week extending the middle class tax cuts and president obama would be sure to sign it. instead, they are insisting on maintaining tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. under the democratic plan, 98% of americans would continue to benefit from the current tax cuts. as for the top 2%, those americans would pay a higher rate only on income above $250,000. if congress fails to act, all tax cuts will expire at the beginning of next year. taxes would increase on the wealthy and middle class. democrats see an opportunity to hammer must bes for siding with millionaires and billionaires. in an online ad, they're targeting republicans in competitive districts. here's a portion of that ad. >> good news. republicans want to cut your taxes
hostage until we extend tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. >> that was president obama explaining what is at stake for the middle class. republicans claim they are concerned about the middle class. this week, they have a golden opportunity to provide stability and eliminate uncertainty for them. house republicans could approve senate legislation passed last week extending the middle class tax cuts and president obama would be sure to sign it. instead, they are insisting on maintaining...
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in the next decade, paul ryan's most recent budget keeps the cuts as part of obama's care act, and that's it. the voucher system you heard about, it happens, but not for ten years. not until after the hypothetical presidency has ended its hypothetical second term. if you have two guys from the republican party running for president on a program that says you can't cut even a dollar for medicare for retirees, but they'll pass lemg sladge slashg will remake medicare in an entirely different way, trust us. you may not want to assume that policy is a total lock. but he says his budget cuts more than $5 trillion in the next decade. less than a trillion of that is coming from medicare. romney says his budget cuts about $7 trillion from the budget in the next decade and not a dollar, not a dime, not a penny comes from medicare. and neither romney nor ryan want to cut social security, and both want to increase spending on defense. okay, so what does that leave? if you're not cutting medicare or social security or defense, you want trillions of dollars of cuts. you have taken more than half of the
in the next decade, paul ryan's most recent budget keeps the cuts as part of obama's care act, and that's it. the voucher system you heard about, it happens, but not for ten years. not until after the hypothetical presidency has ended its hypothetical second term. if you have two guys from the republican party running for president on a program that says you can't cut even a dollar for medicare for retirees, but they'll pass lemg sladge slashg will remake medicare in an entirely different way,...
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obviously, president obama pushing his plan to extend tax cuts for middle class americans. talking points memo reported harry reid has enough votes to pass the president's plan if republicans agree not to filibuster it. they'll let tax cuts expire for the top 2%, however lower tax rates will stay the same for families making $250,000 a year or less. that means 98% of the american people will not see a tax hike come january. meanwhile, republicans are kicking up some same old bogus arguments this morning, senator mitch mcconnell used the old, you can't raise taxes on the job creators. he made that pitch again. he asked senator harry reid for two votes. one of the president's plan and one on a republican plan to extend tax cuts for people of all income levels. majority leader harry reid denied the request. he argued the gop vote would really do nothing but obstruct the president's plan and give massive tax breaks to the people who really don't need them in our economy. a vote will come soon on obama's plan. and it should pass as long as the republicans play ball. but remember
obviously, president obama pushing his plan to extend tax cuts for middle class americans. talking points memo reported harry reid has enough votes to pass the president's plan if republicans agree not to filibuster it. they'll let tax cuts expire for the top 2%, however lower tax rates will stay the same for families making $250,000 a year or less. that means 98% of the american people will not see a tax hike come january. meanwhile, republicans are kicking up some same old bogus arguments...
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this cuts right to the fabric of the middle class. at a cincinnati rally earlier today, the president announced his administration filed yet another trade case against beijing. >> today my administration is launching a new action against china. this one against illegal subsidies that encourage companies to ship auto parts jobs overseas and we're going to stop it. it is not right. it's against the rules and we will not let it stand. >> the case accuses china of providing $1 billion worth of illegal subsidies for auto parts it exports. these subsidies caused two major problems here in the united states. they flood the american market with cheap chinese auto parts and also encourage the outsourcing of american manufacturing jobs to china. by doing this, china is putting american jobs at risk and it's exactly what president obama is trying to stop. meanwhile, mitt romney desperate, is trying to make the president look soft on china. they put out this commercial last week. >> seven times obama could have stopped china's cheating. seven tim
this cuts right to the fabric of the middle class. at a cincinnati rally earlier today, the president announced his administration filed yet another trade case against beijing. >> today my administration is launching a new action against china. this one against illegal subsidies that encourage companies to ship auto parts jobs overseas and we're going to stop it. it is not right. it's against the rules and we will not let it stand. >> the case accuses china of providing $1 billion...
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they told falsehoods about president obama was making the same cuts to medicare for the affordable care act. they failed to mention how obama care strengthens medicare and sads to it's life expectancy under the program. today we see who is winning the argument and it's not close. on the question of if medicare is worth it, they say yes. let's turn to howard fineman. great to have you with us tonight on this issue. i just view this thing in kind of a comical sense because you have to think the romney campaign behind closed doors is saying, you know, it just wasn't supposed to be like this. what are they going through? >> they're trying to make a virtue of it if they can. it's very difficult. they ran four different ads in the last ten days on medicare. they have a new one up now saying the president wants to change medicare forever and they're trying to you apocalyptic language and they're going over the cut which is the same one as contemplated by paul ryan. i don't think this is the fight that the romney campaign wanted. they didn't pick him because they wanted to have this fight. it's
they told falsehoods about president obama was making the same cuts to medicare for the affordable care act. they failed to mention how obama care strengthens medicare and sads to it's life expectancy under the program. today we see who is winning the argument and it's not close. on the question of if medicare is worth it, they say yes. let's turn to howard fineman. great to have you with us tonight on this issue. i just view this thing in kind of a comical sense because you have to think the...
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president obama rejected the latest proposal from john boehner. the president and the democrats are focused on revenue and they are determined to make sure that the top tax rates go up. >> unfortunately, the speaker's proposal right now is still out of balance. he talks, for example, about $800 billion worth of revenues, but he says he's going to do that by lowering rates. when you look at the math, it doesn't work. >> harry reid wasted no time explaining why the boehner proposal is not serious. >> math. you can't get from here to there unless you raise the rates. that's why romney couldn't explain it during the presidential election. no one can explain it because you can't do it. >> jay carney says the speaker's plans raises more questions than answers. >> we don't know who pays. we don't know what we're talking about in terms of actual legislation to increase revenues. it's magic beans and ferry dust. >> john boehner's heavy-handed approach to leadership, boehner and the republican steering committee kicked four republican congressmen out of the
president obama rejected the latest proposal from john boehner. the president and the democrats are focused on revenue and they are determined to make sure that the top tax rates go up. >> unfortunately, the speaker's proposal right now is still out of balance. he talks, for example, about $800 billion worth of revenues, but he says he's going to do that by lowering rates. when you look at the math, it doesn't work. >> harry reid wasted no time explaining why the boehner proposal is...
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what's their big economic plan in addition to tax cuts for rich folks, it's dismantling your unions. after all you've done to build and protect the middle class. they make the argument you're responsible for the problems. >> the republican strategy has been economic obstruction and middle class destruction. president obama is right to call them out on it. i find it interesting he goes to the union and speaks like this in such a frank manner because there's a lot of union people who just don't vote democrat. in fact, there's a pretty healthy percentage of them. all this talk about how the unions are in the back pockets of the democrats, if they vote their own economic interest, a lot of them will make the turn in november. that's what the obama administration is counting on. let's turn to howard fineman. great to have you with us tonight. >> hi, ed. >> how does this play in states like ohio and pennsylvania? >> first of all, let me say as far as the union workers, in the previous segment you were talking about barack obama as commander in chief, that plays there. as far as the economy
what's their big economic plan in addition to tax cuts for rich folks, it's dismantling your unions. after all you've done to build and protect the middle class. they make the argument you're responsible for the problems. >> the republican strategy has been economic obstruction and middle class destruction. president obama is right to call them out on it. i find it interesting he goes to the union and speaks like this in such a frank manner because there's a lot of union people who just...
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not cutting the things we rely on most. >> this is just one part of the campaign to strengthen and support the middle class in this country. on a conference call last week, president obama made a direct personal appeal to 30,000 of his top campaign activists. he says it's not time to let up. the president told supporters he will barn storm across the country to keep people engaged in negotiations over the talks. the president's allies also plan on harnessing the power of the obama campaign including the dash board, a social network built by the obama team. the campaign manager says dash board helped win the election. it will now be used to promote the president's agenda. >> you could see people using dash board to say, okay, i want to talk about the choices in front of us in the fiscal cliff. we did over 350,000 events on dash board. it would be easy for supporters to start asking people to call members of congress. >> the biggest assets is republican stubbornness. here's tea party senator rand paul addressing incoming republicans about the fiscal cliff. >> but the bottom line is it's a mi
not cutting the things we rely on most. >> this is just one part of the campaign to strengthen and support the middle class in this country. on a conference call last week, president obama made a direct personal appeal to 30,000 of his top campaign activists. he says it's not time to let up. the president told supporters he will barn storm across the country to keep people engaged in negotiations over the talks. the president's allies also plan on harnessing the power of the obama...
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he stole $700 billion from medicare to fund obama care. if any person in this entire debate has blood on their hands in regard to medicare, it's barack obama. >> folks, they will stop at nothing. republicans are already playing offense on the issue of medicare, and they're doing really what they do best, they just are repeating a lie. here's mitt romney on the stump today about it. >> my plan for medicare is very similar to his plan for medicare, which is do not change the program for current retires or new retires, but do not do what the president has done, and that is to cut $700 billion out of the current program. >> romney and the republicans failed to mention, get this, the $700 billion reduction in the cost of medicare under the affordable care act, what they call obama care, didn't come at the expense of recipients where people are going to be getting screwed, not getting the right kind of care. it came from cutting subsidies to insurance companies that were overcharging the seniors. they also failed to mention that paul ryan's own
he stole $700 billion from medicare to fund obama care. if any person in this entire debate has blood on their hands in regard to medicare, it's barack obama. >> folks, they will stop at nothing. republicans are already playing offense on the issue of medicare, and they're doing really what they do best, they just are repeating a lie. here's mitt romney on the stump today about it. >> my plan for medicare is very similar to his plan for medicare, which is do not change the program...
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barack obama signed a tax cut into law. get a grip, guys. you don't even know how to run your own state. >> they asked about birth control, and the crowd didn't like it. very favorable to help the candidates on a controversial issue. here it is. >> since birth control is the latest hot topic, which candidate believes in birth control, and if not, why? >> as you can see, it's a very popular question. >> lou very popular question, as we can see. we will not spend a lot of time on this. >> can i make a point? >> sure. >> and the crowd was helping them out tonight to avoid a controversial issue. i have to find this sign that. they were on the record all avoiding the birth control question. >> you did not once in the 2008 campaign asked why barack obama voted in favor of legalizing this? let's be clear here. if we are going to have a debate about who the extremist is on this issue, it is president obama cahoot as a state senator protected doctors to kill babies who survived abortion. >> i do not think we have seen the kind of attack on religious
barack obama signed a tax cut into law. get a grip, guys. you don't even know how to run your own state. >> they asked about birth control, and the crowd didn't like it. very favorable to help the candidates on a controversial issue. here it is. >> since birth control is the latest hot topic, which candidate believes in birth control, and if not, why? >> as you can see, it's a very popular question. >> lou very popular question, as we can see. we will not spend a lot of...
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president obama continues his pressure campaign to pass the tax cuts. the president is also taking time to be fesive. john boehner doesn't sound so merry. >> no progress report because there's no progress to report. when it comes to the fis e call cliff that's threatening our economy and threatening jobs, the white house has wasted another week. >> the phone call was pleasant, but was just more of the same. the conversations that the staff had yesterday, just more of the same. it's time for the president if he's serious to come back to us with a counteroffer. >> even though the president apparently designed the negotiating sessions at boehner's request. according to "the new york times," boehner insisted the talks include only himself and the president of the united states. boehner wanted senate democrats and nancy pelosi out of the discussions. democratic senator dick durbin told the times this is now the speaker and the president working this through. democratic leaders say they are satisfied with the briefings that they continue to receive. nancy pel
president obama continues his pressure campaign to pass the tax cuts. the president is also taking time to be fesive. john boehner doesn't sound so merry. >> no progress report because there's no progress to report. when it comes to the fis e call cliff that's threatening our economy and threatening jobs, the white house has wasted another week. >> the phone call was pleasant, but was just more of the same. the conversations that the staff had yesterday, just more of the same. it's...
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tell us where the payroll tax cut fight stands. >>> scott walker and president obama are set to meet face-to-face in milwaukee tomorrow. we'll have a preview. >>> and apple is launching an investigation into inhumane working conditions in chinese factories. >> i own an iphone when yie that i'm reminded of the children who put devices together. >> mike daisey's off broadway performance shines a light and he's here tonight. >>> great to have you with us folks, mitt romney is desperate to win the upcoming michigan primary. but michigan isn't about to forget how mitt romney wanted to deal with detroit back in 2008. romney is blanketing the air waves with a new ad portraying him as the favorite son of michigan and protector of the automobile industry. >> now i grew up in michigan it was exciting to be here, remember going to the detroit auto show with my dad. that was a big deal. how in the world did an industry and leaders and unions get in such a fix that they lost jobs, they lost their future? president obama did all these things the liberals wanted to do for years the fact you've got
tell us where the payroll tax cut fight stands. >>> scott walker and president obama are set to meet face-to-face in milwaukee tomorrow. we'll have a preview. >>> and apple is launching an investigation into inhumane working conditions in chinese factories. >> i own an iphone when yie that i'm reminded of the children who put devices together. >> mike daisey's off broadway performance shines a light and he's here tonight. >>> great to have you with us...